U S Steel Stock Drops as Market Opens Weak
New York stocks opened with to be expected weakness as United States Steel led declines trading down to 107 ½ after large sales. Bethlehem Steel United States Alcohol Baldwin Locomotive and American Sumatra Tobacco fell two points or more while General Motors slid about five points amid overall liquidation. Corn products American Telephone and United States Rubber rallied slightly as war bonds edged higher.
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United States Steel
Tts
Bethlehem Steel
United States Alcohol
Baldwin Loutomotive
American Sumatra Tobacco
General Motors
Helf
American Telephone
United States
MarketdiStock quotes from Chicago and Kansas City markets
Tuesday market notes list steady gas prices and candying rates in Texas and northern country, poultry strength with hens 25 26c and broilers 27 2ac, turkeys and ducks price ranges. Chicago produce quotes show butter creamery 58-66c, eggs higher, potatoes lower with Minnesota Ohio and Wisconsin bulk prices. Kansas City prices include butter creamery 60c, hens 22-26c, potatoes around $2.40-$2.50.
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Lgas
Texas
Chicago
Butler
Wisconsin Bulk
Do. Sacks
Ansan City
Provision Markets Tuesday Features Various Meat Quotations
A fragmentary market note lists packing house quotations for bacon and related items. It mentions 18‑pound bacon packs and fancy breakfast bacon with implied price quotes while noting miscellaneous meat products.
Fluctuating Market for Hogs and Slow Cattle Demand
Daily receipts show hogs active and steady while cattle trading remains slow and discouraging. Quotes include cows 5.50 to 6.50, steers 7.00 to 8.50, hogs 12.00 to 15.00, and calves up to 7.50, with regional figures from Fort Worth, Chicago, and Kansas City markets.
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Tek
Chicago
Bureau of Markets
Mgnt
Kansas
City Livestock
Kansas City
Cadet
Dresser Beef
St. Louia
Hoge
Ign
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Naitee
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Juntiva Enlvés
Tatiana
Ever
St. Louis
ABLE BODIED TO FIGHT ORDER AT Camp Travis
War Department order at Camp Travis states only Class C men remain in permanent organizations. Able-bodied men able to fight will be relieved, while less fit men take over. Limited service personnel are to be sent to France in specific classifications to relieve fit soldiers in the line, including non combatants once barred from overseas service.
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Camp Travis
France
Executions Rise in Petrograd Per Telegrams
Private telegrams report a week of rising executions in Petrograd via Helsingfors. Twelve people were executed and over 400 more are on a proscribed list. Councillors of state have been imprisoned regardless of political views. most have been made hostages.
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Stockholm
Petrograd
Helsingfors
New York Cotton Opens Lower on Frost Forecasts
New York cotton futures opened weak as the weather map failed to show frost in the southwest. October fell to 33.15 while January dropped to 32.40 in early dealings, with some intraday rallies as hedging slowed. Later gains lifted October to around 32.40 and January to 32.60 as selling waned.
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New York
Cettan
Saiy
New Orleans cotton opens steady as prices rise through noon
Moderate morning selling in New Orleans depresses early prices two to nine points. Offerings absorb quickly and by noon prices advance 34 to 52 points from yesterday's close. Western front reports boost demand and spot conditions improve, lifting prices to 51 to 68 points by 1 pm. Futures open steady with October 1.50, December 1.05, January 1.42, March 1.35, May 1.50.
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Oritang
Batt le Front
New Orleans
Liverpool cotton market steady as futures close firm
Spot cotton remained quiet with steady prices for all grades. September and October futures posted slight gains while sales reached 2000 bales including 1700 American. receipts were nil and futures settled steady.
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Liverpool
Teachers Stand Firm in Memphis Salary Dispute
Memphis board of education asks city commission to lobby the Legislature to raise the city school tax from 40 to 50 cents to fund demanded teacher salary increases. Teachers' strike follows as 316 of 400 teachers miss Monday’s return to grade schools. three schools deserted. only small staffing at Central High. Vocational schools opened with no effect.
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Memphis, Tenn
Board of Education
City Commission
Memphis Teachers’ Association
Bolsheviks Repulsed on Archangel Front by British Reinforcements
Pravda reports American, British and French detachments clashing with Bolshevik forces on the Archangel front. After an initial Bolshevik success, British reinforcements repelled them and caused a Bolshevik retreat in panic.
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Petrograd
Amterdam
Pravda
Archangel
Embargoed grain markets face storage limits across regions
Chicago reports embargo on all terminal markets unless storage space is provided, triggering a bearish opening followed by a general setback and late rally as October and November prices show mixed gains. Kansas City quotes show No 2 wheat around 2.15, corn around 1.50, with St Louis cash grain listing corn at 1.50 and white corn at 1.80.
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Moblite
Ala
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York
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PiChdy Falestina
St. Louis
Pampa
Kia
Aylor
Allen Buell
Metsorologiat Ee Ss
Kansas City
Cardinal Varley Sees Deterioration At Summer Home
New York Archbishop John M. Varley battles pneumonia at his summer residence. He has whispered a wish to return to New York as physicians report his condition as at most helpless. The last rites were administered by Bishop Hayes and Monsignor Mooney.
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Mamronek
N. Y
John M. Varley
New York
Hayes
Mooney
Senate panel backs aeronautics department bill
Washington Sept 17 Senate Military Committee votes 11 to 2 to favorably report Senator New Indiana bill establishing a department of aeronautics with a cabinet level head.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Committee
Senator New
Indiana
Department of Aeronautics
Air raid over Paris leaves six dead and many hurt
Paris reports six killed and 19 injured in Sunday night air raid over the city. A Gotha bomber was shot down in the forest of Compiègne. two German aviators fled as gendarmes pursued them. Separately a Mexican, 14 karat burglar, held after eight prior break-ins, is jailed. Jewelry recovered as investigations continue.
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Paris
Compiegne
Youny
Ny Massey
Arambula
German peace offensive marks early separate offer to Belgium
London Sept 17 German peace moves aim to aid Germany in the East while seeking quit in the West. The plan includes a proposed non invasion of Russia if Britain withdraws from Murman and Dvina, a divided Austrian path, and a notable separate peace offer to Belgium amid German manpower shortages.
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Herbert Sidebotham
London ‘Times
San Antonio
Philadelphia
Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Germany
Russia
Dvina
Bolshevist
Denend Coon
Austria
Belgium
Weather cools as scattered showers bring relief in San Antonio
Cooler weather arrives after a sultry spell as scattered showers move through San Antonio Monday evening. Rain totals reach a quarter inch with a 28 degree drop in twelve hours from Monday 6 PM to Tuesday 6 AM. Forecast warns of a storm area influencing temperatures across the region.
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Tex
Houston
Max
Ainfall
Galveston
Haskell
Henriette
Marcos
Clear Valley
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Tenkesnee
Mississippi
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Tempes
Tralsalleye Be Avionea Ik
Germany risk in Belgium and the peace offensive
The text argues Germany faces greater trouble in occupying Belgium than gain, outlining a proposed Belgian neutrality deal as a peace offensive. It contends a narrowed front would neutralize allied numerical superiority, making future victories harder and signaling distress in the German position. It notes rebels attacking a power plant in Mexico and a U.S. War Department request for $7.347 billion for a bigger military program.
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Belgium
Germany
Longwy
Switzerland
France
French
Lorraine
Meuse
Vosges
Alsace
Diet
War Savings pledge reports urged amid campaign push
A report demand from Fred W. Cooks Bexar County chair and state director of War Savings asks all agencies handling stamps to list delinquents who did not keep pledges. Booths will open at several corners with volunteers from women’s groups to collect payments, as material from local lumber firms supports the setup.
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War Savings
Fred W. Cooks
San Anton
Gus %Manzig
Guaranty State, Bank
Dpeck's
Negro Soldier Captures German Major in Parade
Paris dispatch reports a Black American soldier during the Chateau Thierry advance took a German major's pack and monocle, transferring the officer’s belongings to himself and marching proudly past a Red Cross captain who commented on the scene.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chateau ‘Thierry
Cross Cxplain
Chateau Thierry
Red Cross
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